Vincent Carney 1895 - 1918

CARNEY

Posted By: Joe Conroy (email)
Date: 6/13/2012 at 12:56:26

Williamsburg Journal Tribune
Williamsburg, Iowa
14 Nov 1918
Page 5

Killed In Action

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Carney received a telegram from the war department, at Washington, D. C., last Wednesday night that their son, Vincent, was killed in action in France, on September 29th.

He leaves to mourn his death, his father and mother, four sisters and one brother, Leo, who is now stationed at Camp Dodge. He was a young man whose genial disposition, and manly ways, won the respect of all who knew him, and though his body lies in France, his memory shall live in the hearts of the friends he left at home.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune
Williamsburg, Iowa
27 Oct 1921
Page 1

Vincent Carney

Was Buried at Parnell Saturday. Killed in the Service of His Country in France.

The remains of Private Vincent Carney arrived here last Friday a.m. direct from France in charge of Private Otto Manz, of Chicago, a German boy, but a regular in Uncle Sam's army.

They were met at the station by a delegation of Legion boys in uniform and a large crowd of relatives and friends and townspeople.

The flag draped casket was taken to the Community Hall, which had been appropriately decorated with the colors, potted plans and otherwise fittingly arranged for the occasion by a committee of patriotic citizens and thoughtful ladies.

A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Guinan at St. Joseph's church at 9 a.m. Saturday. At 2 p.m. escorted by a company of ex-soldiers and sailors the casket was borne to the church where the last sacred and spiritual rites of the faith were duly celebrated. Fr. Guinan then preached the funeral sermon in his usual vigorous manner, in which he dwelt at length upon the horrors of war and of the true patriotism exhibited by so many of our young men who marched forth to battle for their country in the dark hours of the terrible world war. Many of them were never to return alive.

The funeral cortege, led by the soldiers and sailors, bearing all that was mortal of their respected comrade and friend, then wended their way to the adjoining cemetery where prayers were again offered up.

The legion funeral ceremony was then given. The firing squad fired three volleys. Taps were mournfully sounded and the body of Private Vincent Carney was lowered to its last resting place beside the body of his father who passed away eighteen months ago.

Private Vincent Edward Carney was born on a farm two miles north of town November 12, 1895, and was the eldest son of Thos. J. and Sarah Jane Grey Carney, was called to his country's defense from Keokuk county February 22, 1918. Going to Camp Dodge, then to Camp Logan, thence to Long Island, N. Y., sailing from there to France in May 1918, where he soon engaged in the thickest of the fighting and was killed in action September 22, 1918.

The funeral was one of the largest ever held here, the people coming for miles around to pay their last tributes of respect to the memory of the gallant soldier whose supreme sacrifice, we hope and pray, was not made in vain.